- Annual General Meeting will be held March 7th 2008


The Annual General Meeting of Marel Food Systems hf. will be held at the
company‘s residence at Austurhraun 9, Garðabæ, on Friday 7 March at 15:00. 

Schedule:

1. Annual General Meeting matters as provided for in Article 4.14 of the
   company‘s Articles of Association. 

2. A proposal for authorizing the company to acquire own shares.

3. A proposal to authorise the Board of Directors to increase the share capital
   of the company during the current fiscal year, by issuing compensation
   shares.
 
4. Proposals for amendments to the company‘s Articles of Association:

A proposal for an alteration of the Board of Directors´ authorisation to
register the company‘s share capital in Euros. 

A proposal to authorize the company's Board of Directors to increase the share
capital by up to 300.000.000 ISK in nominal value through the subscription of 
up to 300.000.000 new shares. The Board of Directors shall determine more
specifically how this increase will be executed, with reference to price and
terms of payment. The current shareholders will waive their pre-emptive rights
to the new shares. The authorisation shall be valid for 18 months to the extent
it has not been exercised. 

5. Other matters, rightfully proposed.

Specific interest is drawn to the fact that candidatures for the Board of
Directors shall be submitted in writing to the company at the latest five full
days prior to the meeting. 

In order for shareholders to have proposals or matters considered by the
meeting, they must have been submitted to the Board of Directors at least seven
days prior to the meeting. 

The meeting´s agenda, the annual reports and final proposals will be available
to shareholders at the company‘s offices at Austurhraun 9, Garðabæ, seven days
prior to the meeting. 

Ballots and other applicable documents will be available at the venue of the
meeting as of 14.30 on the day of the meeting. 

The Board of Directors of Marel Food Systems hf.
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